Leonard Cohen – Everybody Knows (Guitar)

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[Intro] | Dm | A | Dm | Dm [Verse 1]
          Dm
Everybody knows that the dice are loaded

          Bb
Everybody rolls with their fingers crossed

          Dm
[tab]          Bb
Everybody knows that the good guys lost

          Gm                  A
Everybody knows the fight was fixed

              C                   Dm
The poor stay poor, the rich get rich

              Eb        A              Dm
That's how it goes....    Everybody knows
[Verse 2]
          Dm
Everybody knows that the boat is leaking

          Bb
Everybody knows that the captain lied

          Dm
Everybody got this broken feeling

          Bb
Like their father or their dog just died

          Gm                  A
Everybody talking to their pockets

          C              Dm
Everybody wants a box of chocolates

                Eb    A               Dm
And a long stem rose.    Everybody knows
[Verse 3]
          Dm
Everybody knows that you love me, baby

          Bb
Everybody knows that you really do

          Dm
Everybody knows that you've been faithful

          Bb
...Give or take a night or two

          Gm                     A
Everybody knows you've been discreet

                       C                           Dm
But there were so many people you just had to meet

             Eb        A                      Dm
Without your clothes...   And everybody knows
[Interlude]
          F                 C
Everybody knows, everybody knows...

                      Dm    C             F
That's how things goes...       Everybody knows

          F                 C
Everybody knows, everybody knows...

                      Dm    C             F       Dm
That's how things goes...       Everybody knows
Dm [Verse 4]
              Dm
And everybody knows that it's now or never

          Bb
Everybody knows that it's me or you

              Dm
And everybody knows that you live forever

            Bb
When you've done a line or two

          Gm                A
Everybody knows the deal is rotten

          C                   Dm
Old black Joe's still picking cotton

                    Eb      A                      Dm
For your ribbon and bows...     And everybody knows
[Verse 5]
          Dm
Everybody knows the plague is coming

          Bb
Everybody knows that it's moving fast

          Dm
Everybody knows that your naked man and woman

          Bb
Are just a shining artifact of the past

          Gm                 A
Everybody knows the scene is dead

                       C             Dm
But there's gonna be a meter on your bed

                 Eb      A                      Dm
Which will disclose...       What everybody knows
[Lead] Dm Bb Dm Bb Gm A C Dm Eb A Dm [Verse 5]
              Dm
And everybody knows that you're in trouble

          Bb
Everybody knows what you've been through

                Dm
From the bloody cross on top of Calvary

       Bb
To the beach of Malibu

          Gm                   A
Everybody knows it's coming apart

              C                      Dm
Take one last look at this sacred heart

          Eb       A                         Dm
before it blows...        And everybody knows
[Outro]
          F                 C
Everybody knows, everybody knows...

              Dm    C                 F
That's how it goes...       Everybody knows

          F                 C
Everybody knows, everybody knows...

              Dm    C                 F
That's how it goes...       Everybody knows

          F                 C
Everybody knows, everybody knows...

              Dm    C                 F
That's how it goes...       Everybody knows